US Con Maynard, Horace - U.S. Congressman, TN

Horace Maynard
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Born: August 30, 1814

Birthplace: Westborough, Massachusetts

Father: Ephraim Maynard 1783 – 1864

Mother: Diana Harriet Cogswell 1793 – 1876

Wife: Laura Ann Washburn 1813 – 1896
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​

Children:

USN Rear Admiral Washburn M. Maynard 1844 – 1913​
(Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island)​
Eleanor Maynard 1846 – 1848​
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​
Ephraim Horace Maynard 1848 – 1850​
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​
Laura Maynard 1851 – 1852​
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​
James Maynard Sr. 1853 – 1926​
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​

Political Party: Whig party, Know Nothing Party, Opposition Party, Unionist Party, Unconditional Unionist Party and Republican Party

Education:


Attended Westboro and Millbury Academy​
1838: Graduated from Amherst College​

Occupation before War:

School Teacher in Massachusetts
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1839 – 1844: Professor at University of East Tennessee​
1844 – 1857: Attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee​
1852: Whig Party Presidential Elector​
1853: Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for U.S. Congress​
1857 – 1863: United States Congressman from Tennessee​
1857 – 1861: Member of House Claims Committee​

Civil War Career:

Supporter of the Emancipation Proclamation​
1863 – 1865: Tennessee State Attorney General​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1866: Attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee​
1866: Tennessee Delegate to Southern Loyalist Convention​
1866 – 1875: United States Congressman from Tennessee​
1866 – 1867: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1867 – 1873: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Reform in Civil Service Committee​
1874: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress​
1873 – 1875: Chairman of House Banking and Currency Committee​
1873 – 1875: Member of House Rules Committee​
1874: Unsuccessful Republican Party Candidate for Governor​
1875 – 1880: United States Minister to Turkey​
1880 – 1881: United States Postmaster General​

Died: May 3, 1882

Place of Death: Knoxville, Tennessee

Cause of Death: Heart Disease

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
 
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A colleague of Maynard's, Oliver Perry Temple, described him as "abrupt and unamiable, and often offensive in his manners, snapping up men without hesitation." This style is said to have agitated Maynard's peers but gained their respect.
 
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